pavovspívotConfusable pair

Which to use

“pavo” and “pívot” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,892
“pavo” frequency rank
#43,800
“pívot” frequency rank
56692
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pavo pívot
Definition (Meleagris gallopavo) Ave gallinácea de hasta un metro de altura, plumaje café verdoso, cabeza y cuello desnudos cubiertos de carúnculas rojas, que en estado silvestre vive desde Canadá hasta el norte de México. Domesticada por los amerindios, hoy es un ave de corral que se consume en todo el mundo. Variante de pivote (posición de juego).

Where the eye mixes pavo and pívot

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. pavo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against pívot's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
pavo
5 ch
pívot

Visual trap between pavo and pívot

A purely visual mix-up. pavo ([ˈpaβ̞o]) and pívot ([ˈpiβ̞ot̪]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pavo is recorded at frequency rank #12,892, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpaβ̞o]. pívot is at rank #43,800, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpiβ̞ot̪].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 56692, this pair ranks #73,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of pavo vs pívot

Shared letters: opv. Private to "pavo": a. Private to "pívot": tí.

"pavo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "pívot" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pavo ← apvo · pabo · paov · pavvo · ppavo · pvao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "pavo" and "pívot" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpaβ̞o] versus [ˈpiβ̞ot̪]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "pavo" or "pívot"?
"pavo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,892 in our Spanish list, against #43,800 for "pívot". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "pavo" and "pívot" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pavo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "pívot" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pavo" and "pívot" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pitón vs pívot". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #73,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list